Researchers have stated that a mixture of 3 antibodies of mice from all influenza strains that were tested in modern experiences, including bird flu breeds and swine flu that constitute epidemic threats.
“This is the first time that we have seen such a wide and permanent protection protection” in living organisms, “said study leader Selki Payst of the Jackson Laboratory in Varmington, Connecticut, in a statement.
“Even when we gave treatment days after infection, most of the mice we treated,” she added.
Unlike influenza treatments currently available, which target viral enzymes and can become useless quickly with the virus mutation, the M2E antibody mixture that forms a layer between the viral cover and the internal components of the virus.
“The virus did not revolve even when using individual antibodies … but in the influenza season with millions of people eating this treatment, I will be more confident in our ability to prevent him from escaping treatment if we use the mix.”
The researchers wrote in the journal Science Advances that even a month after the frequent exposure of animals, the target protein remained almost unchanged.
The antibodies in the new mixture are “unimportant”. Instead of preventing infection, the cells of the affected lung appear and recruit the immune system in the body to eliminate the infection.
The researchers said that this approach has long challenged the prevailing belief that in order for antibodies to be useful as a treatment against viruses, they must be “broken” antibodies that are directly linked to viruses and prevent them from injuring cells.
They added that this new approach could change how scientists are made for other viruses.
“The majority of the antibodies that our bodies make are unreserved bodies, but medicine has greatly ignored them … We have shown that they could be a life -saving,” Payst explained.